List of Food to eat and those to avoid during Ramadan

To promote healthy living, Muslims have been advised to consume healthy foods during Ramadan.

This advice was given on Wednesday, May 31 by Olu Aijotan an Abuja-based nutrition and fitness coach.

In a statement released by Aijotan, he advised the Muslim faithful on what type of food to eat during Ramadan while also extolling the virtues of the season.

According to Premium Times, Ajiotan stated that fasting was a great opportunity to gain spiritual strength and practice self-restraint for both Christians and Muslims and that proper diet could keep them fit and healthy.

He advised Muslims to drink water first in order to re-hydrate their bodies immediately after breaking their fast.

He said: “Your body will be dehydrated by the time you are to break your fast, you will be thirsty and hungry, however, your body will require water quicker than food itself.

“When you are drinking the water, ensure you do this slowly and don’t guzzle it down, guzzling water down the throat could make your stomach feel tight for a moment.”

Going further, he stated that there was need to eat foods low in carbohydrate but with more protein and vegetables in order to keep fit.

Listing the sort of food to be taken during the season, Ajiotan said: “Let your meal contain foods like fish such as mackerel, salmon, tilapia; chicken, vegetables like cabbage, cucumber, spinach also known as efo, green, ugwu, and ewedu.

The body which is led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad, also called on the Nigerian army to immediately postpone its planned recruitment exercise until Muslims have concluded their fasting period for 2017.

The decision was reached by JNI as part of many resolutions, which included fervent prayers for ailing President Muhammadu Buhari, at its recently-concluded annual central council meeting in Kaduna.